Temperament and character profiles of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.

Introduction: Psychosocial factors have been implicated as being important in the onset and/or exacerbation of urticaria.

Aim: To examine both personality factors of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) and the correlations between illness duration, severity of itching, urticaria activity score (UAS) and temperament-character dimensions.

Material And Methods: A total number of 70 CIU patients and 60 healthy individuals were included in the study.